recorrido y etapas The Ocean Race 2022

Since 1973 The Ocean Race has provided the ultimate test of a team and a human adventure.
In close to five decades it has kept an almost mythical hold over some of the greatest sailors and been the proving ground for the legends of our sport. The Ocean Race is often described as the longest and toughest professional sporting event in the world.
It is sailings toughest team challenge and one of the sports big three events alongside the Olympic Games and the Americas Cup. To truly understand the race though its better to think of it in a way the athletes who take part will recognise immediately.
Put simply The Ocean Race is an obsession and many of the worlds best sailors have dedicated years - even decades - of their lives trying to win it. Take Sir Peter Blake who competed in the first edition of what was then the Whitbread Round the World Race in 1973-74 and came back again and again until he finally conquered his Everest securing an overwhelming victory with Steinlager 2 in 1989-90. Only then was he able to fully turn his attention to other projects. Since the first race the boats have become faster the crews now are professional sailors at the top of their game and the technology particularly in terms of communications has evolved hugely.
However the sea never changes and the race around the world is still both a human challenge and a battle against the elements. Out on the ocean sometimes for weeks at a time the sailors endure extreme conditions on board.
Temperatures can range from freezing cold to searing heat while the daily weather cycle can include anything from clear blue skies and balmy breezes to howling gales and monstrous breaking waves. All the while they are under relentless pressure to perform at their peak and gain the fractional advantages that can in the end mean the difference between winning and losing.
The first 49 years have seen amazing victories and feats of seamanship as well as tragedy with six sailors lost at sea over the years. Just as it always has the race continues to sit at the intersection of human adventure and world-class competition.
Thanks to the work of the Onboard Reporters OBRs embedded with every team race fans are given a unique insight into just what it takes to compete in a race that is relentless in its demands as the teams give everything they have 24 hours a day in pursuit of the tiny advantages that can make all the difference. The races concept is simple: its a round-the-clock pursuit of competitive edge and the ultimate ocean marathon pitting the sports best sailors against each other across the worlds toughest waters.
Its relentless: the drive for the adventure of life on board the transformative effect on the sailors all of these combine to give the race its power and depth. The racetrack is divided into stages or offshore legs.
In the 2022- 23 edition there will be 7 offshore legs covering a distance of 31300 nautical miles 36019 miles57968 kilometres.
The route starts and finishes in the Mediterranean and crosses the Atlantic Indian Pacific oceans as well as the inhospitable icy depths of the Southern Ocean that encircles the world close to Antarctica. Each leg start and finish is hosted in a leading international city. Each Host City in turn stages a stopover festival of around two weeks based at a free to enter Race Village called Ocean Live Park. During each stopover the teams take part in an in-port race as part of a separate in-port series as well as a series of pro-am races when guests race alongside The Ocean Race sailors around an inshore course. Although the in-port series do not add points to the overall standings they are nevertheless important as the teams positions are used to break any ties in the overall results at the end of the race. The Ocean Race 2022-23 is the events 14th edition and starts from Alicante Spain on 15th January 2023 and finishes in Genova Italy in the summer of 2023. The 2022-23 edition of the race sees the introduction of the hightech foiling IMOCA class which will race around the world fullycrewed for the first time competing for The Ocean Race trophy. Meanwhile the one-design VO65 teams where the emphasis is on close competition youth and crew diversity will take part in three legs of the race competing for The Ocean Race Sprint Cup. We now enter a new era as the event continues to evolve.
Two classes will compete in the 2022-23 edition of the race with the addition of the high-tech foiling IMOCA class adding a design and technical element.
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